The World Health Organisation says Ireland is likely to have further 'surges' of Covid cases - beginning later this month.
The country's 14-day incidence rate fell by almost 25% during September, and now stands at 395 cases per 100,000 people.
It was over 500 at the end of August, while 1,271 new cases were reported yesterday.
But Dr David Nabarro, the W-H-O's special envoy on Covid, believes cases will increase again in Ireland and throughout Europe.
"Right now there are not so many surges of the disease happening, but I'm certain that they will pick up again depending on the amount that people are moving around.
"We expect that something will start to pick up in October, towards the middle or end and into Novemeber.
"That's the anticipation - I hope we're wrong by the way."
